Broken Bargain
- 440pages
- 16 heures de lecture
A history of major financial crises--and how taxpayers have been left with the bill
Kathleen Dayus Livres
Kathleen Dayus était une auteure anglaise dont l'œuvre explore les profondeurs des souvenirs d'enfance dans l'Angleterre de la classe ouvrière. À travers ses romans autobiographiques, elle brosse des portraits vivants de la vie au sein de la classe ouvrière, capturant les spécificités et l'atmosphère de sa ville natale. Son style est incisif et authentique, offrant aux lecteurs un aperçu intime du passé. Dayus est appréciée pour sa capacité à transporter les lecteurs dans une époque révolue, offrant une expérience authentique d'un autre monde.
A new edition of a wonderful Birmingham working-class childhood. As memorable as William Woodruff's Nab End series.
Omnibus
- 746pages
- 27 heures de lecture
This volume collects Dayus' four books of autobiography. In it she recalls her Edwardian childhood, growing up in the slums of Birmingham, her adolescence as a munitions worker during World War I, early widowhood and the Depression, which forced her to give up her children.
The Ghosts of Yesteryear
- 246pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Kathleen Dayus revisits her childhood and young adult life before marriage, bringing to life the people and places her readers have come to know from her earlier volumes of autobiography. Here are stories of her schooldays; her first working experiences; her sister Lisa's theft of money her mother was sending to the Front; and experiences with boyfriends and dirty old men. All are told in the fresh and unsentimental prose for which Dayus is renowned.
